ATI Wellness, Health Promotion, & Disease Prevention

holistic view - ANSWER-mind, body and spirit lifestyle choices that hinder healthy living - ANSWER-smoking substance abuse poor nutrition lack of exercise levels of prevention - ANSWER-primary, secondary, tertiary primary prevention - ANSWER-true prevention of the manifestations of illness through health promotion and disease prevention; immunizations, smoking cessation programs, physical exercise, nutritional awareness, etc. secondary prevention - ANSWER-efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent; early diagnosis, prompt intervention, screening techniques tertiary prevention - ANSWER-actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has progressed beyond its early stages; rehabilitation, palliative care, hospice old health definition - ANSWER-absence of disease new health definition - ANSWER-a state of complete mental, physical, and social well being wellness - ANSWER-represents a positive or optimal state of health six dimensions of health - ANSWER-emotional intellectual spiritual occupational social physical emotional health - ANSWER-how you react to events in your life intellectual health - ANSWER-your ability to think and learn from life experiences, your openness to new ideas, and your capacity to question and evaluate information behaviors of emotional health - ANSWER-reacts responsibly to busy unit activities expresses emotions appropriately keeps sense of humor shows willingness to coordinate needs of staff and unit behaviors of intellectual health - ANSWER-communicate effectively demonstrate good time management skills keep abreast of global issues and current research consider options and consequences learn from mistakes and avoid risks spiritual health - ANSWER-harmony with yourself and others behaviors of spiritual health - ANSWER-examine/evaluate your personal values and beliefs search for meanings explaining your life purpose possess a clear and accurate standard of right and wrong learn how to experience love, joy, peace and fulfillment feel connected to innermost self and others see yourself as part of bigger picture occupational health - ANSWER-enjoying the work you do for your own livelihood and for how it integrates into society as a whole behaviors of occupational health - ANSWER-feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in your work balance work and home life see challenges in your work use problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication in work use own innovative and creative talents in accomplishing work developing and enjoy collegiate relationships at work social health - ANSWER-handling social roles comfortably and effectively without harming others behaviors of social health - ANSWER-able to develop and maintain positive relationships with loved ones and friends act in socially acceptable ways effectively communicate and express yourself listen celebrate others success demonstrate a willingness to compromise physical health - ANSWER-maintaining your body with health promoting exercise and nutrition and avoiding risky habits behaviors of physical health - ANSWER-exercise regularly well balanced diet make responsible decisions maintain a positive, health promoting life style seek routine and urgent medical care when needed self actualization - ANSWER-developing ones highest potential and living life to the fullest Maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANSWER-physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, self actualization, self-transcendence self-transcendence - ANSWER-servicing yourself to others, selflessly dedicating yourself to a greater cause health promotion - ANSWER-the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health; positive approach to health improvement disease prevention - ANSWER-covers measures not only to prevent the occurrence of disease but also to arrested progress and reduce consequences once established What percentage of deaths are related to unhealthy lifestyle choices and behavior patterns? - ANSWER-50% substance abuse - ANSWER-persistent or excessive use of a drug or other potentially harmful substance without medical reasons addiction - ANSWER-a chronic condition worsening over time with physical and psychological dependence physical dependence - ANSWER-biological adaptation to long term exposure to a drug with physical symptoms physical symptoms of addiction - ANSWER-nervousness headaches sweating depression loss of consciousness death decrease in tissue oxygenation psychological dependence - ANSWER-intense craving for the drug which can lead to compulsive drug seeking behavior management of addictions - ANSWER-detoxification relapse prevention including counseling, support groups and 12 step programs